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The report is very interesting, not just in it demonstrating the conceptual scope and application of Hodges' model, but in the real-world examples of people who have experienced this socioeconomic phenomena which impacts so heavily on the individual, spouses (partners) and communities. In addition the research is global across countries and industries. It is sobering to reflect also on the dynamic that is the workforce. Paradoxically, at present UK employment is at a high:

"The employment rate (the proportion of people aged from 16 to 64 who were in work) was 74.8%, the joint highest since comparable records began in 1971." (ONS June 2017).

The report does not mention the 'gig economy', but the rise of 'zero hours' a feature of the new economy is found on page 48. With demographers, forward thinking policy makers and media seers predicting the future of work as the robots not only find their feet, but walk, run and jump - you wonder where we are headed. Children will need to be educated in such a way that they are prepared to retrain, possibly several times in their working lives. Other avenues to ease the human pain are a basic universal income, and a reduced working week. You do wonder if another hidden and subtle MUE is underway? It is not so much massive, as yet, but it is happening in not so slow - slow motion ...?

women seeking community mental health support as their (male) partners will not seek help

having to work away from home

intergenerational impact

culture of worklessness, unemployability

"job for life of a family"

hidden unemployed

accumulation of debtjobs offered not locallabour marketcompetition

housing market - affordabilitycommuting costsreliance on food banks

increased expenditure on antidepressants and related drugsfinancial hardshipincreased hospitalisation, out-patient attendanceCommunity impact: labour market and economyLoss of industriesyouth move away - no workers for new initiatives/industriesloss to local economy of MUEreliance on welfare benefits

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Please note the website - p-jones.demon.co.uk which is listed in many of my (and co-authored) papers is no longer available. Demon.co.uk ceased as an ISP in summer 2015. A new site for introductory materials and Brian Hodges' original notes will follow...

Presented at 4th Int. Nursing Conf. Jordan

Presented at 16th Int. Philosophy of Nursing Society Conf 2012

The 16th IPONS Conference was held on 10th - 12th September 2012 at the University of Leeds.

Attended: Conceptual Spaces at Work, 24-26 May 2012

Conceptual Spaces at Work: an International Conference on
the theory of Conceptual Spaces and its applications.
24 - 26 May 2012, Department of Philosophy,
Lund University, Sweden.
Organizers: Peter Gärdenfors and Frank Zenker.

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